Why the study?
Work-related stress causes costly psychophysiological disorders, creating a need to compare the effectiveness of accessible interventions like HRV-biofeedback and mindfulness in the workplace.
Does HRV-biofeedback or mindfulness-based intervention reduce stress in healthy employed adults compared to a wait-list control?
Population
69 healthy adults employed in the same organization
Comparison
HRV-Bfb vs MBI vs wait-list control group
Design
Three-armed randomized controlled trial
Follow-up
12 weeks
Authors
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Neither HRV-Bfb nor MBI outperformed wait-list control; leaves open questions on efficacy, specificity, and optimal implementation in workplace settings.
Does HRV-biofeedback or mindfulness-based intervention reduce stress in healthy employed adults compared to a wait-list control?
In healthy employees, neither HRV-biofeedback nor mindfulness-based interventions significantly outperformed a wait-list control for stress reduction, though overall stress decreased across all groups.
Brinkmann et al. (2020) studied this question.
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